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  1. ECB plans for ABS, covered bonds purchases leaves doubts for Greek banks
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    Economy

    banks. Apart from other technical details, the key difference for asset purchases from Greek... Greece to exit its programme at the end of the year. It is uncertain whether Greek banks would... in the fourth quarter of 2014. Both programs are set to last at least two years. Greek banks currently have

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  2. The nightmare of our choice

    Agora

    on the Athens-Thessaloniki train route. The request has been ignored by the Greek authorities. Aftermath... track. A year later, the Greek PM doubled down and spoke of “conspiracy theories” around the fire... the shoddy state of the Greek railway is the result of many years of failings, not just those during the 5.5

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  3. Newsletter 433 - 20/09/2024

    Newsletters

    . The parties of the right of ND also appear to have benefitted, with Greek Solution rising to third place... 6, facing off in a run-off ballot a week later. According to the Alco poll, Androulakis and Doukas..., followed by Geroulanos with 9.4 pct. The poll found Androulakis would win a run-off vote against any

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  4. Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016

    Newsletters

    between the Greek authorities and the mission chiefs were interrupted on Monday for both sides... still remain open. Two separate draft documents published in the Greek media showed broad convergence..., Greek debt dynamics are projected to remain highly unsustainable”. Thus, the fund concluded

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  5. Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    For some time now, Athens and Ankara have been seeking ways to make a visit to Turkey by Greek... week has provided Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu with the perfect opportunity to extend such an invitation to his Greek counterpart. According to press reports, Davutoglu invited Tsipras to join

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  6. Greek Eurosystem funding up by 2.9 bln in March, reaches total of 107.1 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    collateral. In addition, he stressed that key condition for the ECB to reinstate the waiver on Greek...After a sharp rise by 16.77 billion euros in February, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased... that Greek banks can still place with the ECB for liquidity purposes. The jump of ELA funding above

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  7. What capital controls will mean for Greek banks, customers and the economy
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    Economy

    As was expected, the referendum announced by the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday evening triggered a series of negative repercussions for the Greek banking system. The most prominent... that led the Greek government to such a decision. Shortly after the prime minister’s televised address

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  8. Greek pupils score below average in international rankings as long-term problems persist
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    Society

    that Greek students performed well below the OECD average in a number of skills, and once more highlighted that the current structure of the Greek education system is producing students lacking... little to no improvement in the performance of Greek 15 year olds, with Greece scoring below average

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  9. EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
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    Agora

    ). This suggests populism’s star shone briefly in Greece, nicely bookended by SYRIZA’s arrival in 2015... before the first EU-IMF programme was signed in 2010, numerous Greek governments either promised.... This form of populism, if we apply this term, contributed to the Greek economy and public finances going

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  10. Eurobank acquires Alpha network in Bulgaria, kicking off round of consolidation abroad
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    EconomyBanking

    by Eurobank kicks off a round of consolidation of Greek banks’ subsidiaries abroad and further... a potential merger of Greek banks’ operations in Cyprus, while NBG decided on March 20 not to proceed with the offering of Finansbank shares due to unfavourable market conditions.

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